The Sunday Briefing: "Benji79" Wins PokerStars Sunday Million

Mickey Doft
Live Reporter
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The Sunday Briefing:

Another weekend of online poker is in the books. The top prize went to "Benji79," winning the PokerStars Sunday Million outright for a whopping $255,281.66. The Full Tilt Poker $1 Million Guarantee was taken down by KiKaMo for $176,731.10.

PokerStars Sunday Million

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$158,677$1,735,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Benji79$255,281.66
2Loxagos$186,555.50
3Pendos90$130,155
4Cejakas14$86,770
5ALLEXarm$69,416
6Mammola$52,062
7djalminha$34,708
8905thuggin$19,089.40
9ob1k$13,499.35

Notable Finishes: Chris "TheTownhouse" Odle (12th - $9,197.62), James "croll103" Carroll (17th - $4,512.04), Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (35th - $3,470.80)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$154,614$922,800
PlacePlayerPrize
*1marlin17$127,568.67
*2RikTee$100,784.80
*3Dr. Yuba$100,054.70
4xianggangdao$52,138.20
5DRUNK&UGLY$39,219
6Digable$29,991
7Tyler "tnetter" Netter$20,763
8NOBMERLIN$11,535
9River59$7,382.40

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Alvaro "VARICO" Ballesteros (22nd - $2,297.77), Calvin "cal42688" Anderson (25th - $2,297.77), Benjamin "xthesteinx" Zamani (34th - $2,030.16)

PokerStars Sunday 500

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$301,026$513,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1ThoboyJPG$88,543.80
2J. Schwinger$64,125
3FaceStealer$48,735
4Igor "lechuckpoker" Kurganov$35,704.80
5inhidonks$25,393.50
6pampa27$20,263.50
7CYNDREW$15,133.50
8John "kleath" Leathart$10,003.50
9socioanonimo$5,643

Notable Finishes: Scott "stpauli111" Hall (10th - $4,565.70), Alex "AK87" Kim (14th - $3,539.70), Shane "shaniac" Schleger (16th - $2,513.70)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,329$265,800
PlacePlayerPrize
*1drawgle17$41,176.29
*2Eifffel$33,731.88
*3Jacob "Bazeman11" Bazeley$35,026.71
4Matt "plattsburgh" Vengrin$19,935
5pokerpimps81$13,954.50
6Stuart "thedonator" Paterson$11,296.50
7JaspudUF$8,638.50
8TheDrunkLife$5,980.50
9GM_VALTER$3,721.20

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Luke "Bdbeatslayer" Vrabel (18th - $1,461.90), Jeff "jeff710" Hakim (19th - $1,063.20)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,113$395,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1chr1spy$72,753.60
2citrusjim$52,785.90
3kobsame$39,540
4AFCA1900$29,655
5IMOKANDYOU$20,758.50
6NRichardt$16,804.50
7PCX-JMc$12,850.50
8GlanzBoy$8,896.50
9MisterHH$5,535.60

Notable Finishes: Richard "rjmgrace" Grace (12th - $3,954), Lars "MiniKipDK" Hougaard (16th - $2,451.48)

Full Tilt $1 Million Guarantee

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$600+$401,969$1,181,400
PlacePlayerPrize
*1KiKaMo$176,731.10
*2elitesrush$136,568.30
*3TheoWalcott14$125,000
4CaseL11$69,702.60
5Jon "EMSBas" Spinks$53,163
6Young_Jedi76$38,041.08
7Ladbrokes$27,762.90
8huntsville77$21,855.90
9MeCrazyYouSane$16,539.60

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Ross "zestfulyclean" Myers (12th - $11,814), John Dolan (20th - $4,725.60)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$162,864$572,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1tvh-tmk888$116,278.40
2Nice hAnd ok$75,036.80
3Guithome$55,561.60
4PeterPan Fratti$41,814.40
5TJ "LivesWithMommy" Slifka$29,212.80
6Crazy Elior$19,475.20
7rbeckwith$13,174.40
8Zolyshka$9,164.80
9Jon "EMSBas" Spinks$6,873.60

Notable Finishes: Kane "NASCAR_1949" Kalas (18th - $2,119.36), Calvin "Cal42688" Anderson (30th- $1,489.28)

Full Tilt $200,000 Guarantee (Rebuy)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$13592$285,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1NatWork$71,250
2bigt439$44,175
3Mohsin "chicagocards1" Charania$32,062.50
4Melanie Weisner$24,937.50
5leoron2001$18,525
6torkolort$13,357.50
7MC Vapor$8,835
8007Paghman$7,125
9ArgentinaBoy$5,557.50

Notable Finishes: Eric "highlite11" Nagel (13th - $2,422.50)

Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$161,266$253,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Ashley "AshTheDonkey" Mason$55,704
2BadBankroll$35,448
3Connor "negroblanco" Drinnan$25,636.50
4Ronald "ScarJo" Lee$20,572.50
5el_klondater$15,521.16
6Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert$11,394
7smokrokbyflock$7,432.80
8Motionless Me$5,317.20
9Sfutherz$3,798

Notable Finishes: Tom "titantom32" Braband (10th - $2,152.20), Lauren "locoenlacabeza" Kling (21st - $873.54)

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